About us
If you love working with a diverse group of people who are all about putting the customer at the centre and enabling choice, you’ve found the right company. The energy sector is transforming at a rate of knots, and we want you to join us and be part of this transformation. Vector is a proudly Aotearoa-owned company, which operates a range of innovative businesses delivering energy and communication services to more than one million homes and commercial customers across Australasia and the Pacific. These services include electricity and gas connections, solar solutions, high speed fibre, BBQ gas bottles, air and water purification and much more – all of which are transforming the energy sector in one way or another.

Because we live in a world that is changing fast, we must continue to identify and develop better solutions that will provide value, choice and service for our customers throughout New Zealand and beyond, so the environment and communities we love continue to thrive. To do this, Vector has a vision of creating a new energy future, which will help to deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy solutions for customers.

About the role
The General Manager, People Development plans, drives and leads workforce and career development, and the support of high potential talent to enable achievement of the Vector Group’s Symphony Strategy and business objectives.

You’ll also build leadership capability, employee commitment to Vector’s behaviours and competencies and an aligned culture which supports organisation performance improvement.

The ability for our people to learn and grow will be a primary basis of high performance, adaption, and achievement of our vision to create a new energy future. This role will path-find opportunities that create advantage and performance based on our people’s competencies, potential, commitment, and capabilities.

Who we are looking for

• You’ll have a wealth of senior HR/OD functional leadership experience leading, coaching and influencing high-performing teams and working with senior leadership, ideally with a relevant qualification
• You have a track record of successful leadership of major business transformations, including cultural evolution (not revolution)
• You’ll have an in-depth understanding of learning and organisational development practise at a medium sized enterprise, along with an understanding of leading-edge learning practices and development trends
• You’ll bring a strategic perspective, coupled with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into the mahi yourself

What we can offer you
We love working together to create a new energy future. If you want to be part of an organisation with a real and tangible purpose, Vector could be the place for you.
We offer:

• A fun, flexible and stimulating work environment, full of interesting work being done by smart and innovative people
• Flexibility, including the choice of working from home a couple of days a week, and flexible start and finish times so you can balance work and life
• Health and wellbeing support
• Great benefits that reflect the importance of family

Vector engages a workforce made up of people and teams with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences. We respect and value people who are different from each other, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.  We are proud of what we have achieved so far:

• First corporate Living Wage Accredited employer
• First Accessibility Tick employer 
• Rainbow Tick accredited
• Winner of three gongs at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ, including the Supreme Award in 2019 and 2020. 

If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please do get in touch with us 09 213 0268.